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Which programs didn't work for you under Windows 8? Just curious, I haven't hit one yet.
by jongalloway2 13y ago
Which programs didn't work for you under Windows 8? Just curious, I haven't hit one yet.
- Bill_Dimm 13y agoI haven't used Windows 8, but Microsoft's documentation says that IFilter support was removed[1] in Windows 8, so search engine software, document clustering software, etc. that relied on IFilter to extract text from various file formats is probably dead. 1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms691105(v=vs.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms691105(v=vs.85).as...
- rational_indian 13y agoStart menu 8 and other start menu replacements do not work in windows 8.1 (windows blue). They have deliberately sabotaged these utility programs.
- ygra 13y agoThose programs are very dependent on how Explorer initialises the task bar, in what order messages are posted and how controls are named or laid out. It's not exactly a surprise that those things stop working, given that the program digs around in another program's internals. Besides, Windows 8.1 brings its own start button, so those programs have to be adjusted anyway to account for that. Fun read: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2003/12/23/45481.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2003/12/23/45481...
- wazoox 13y agoMost excellent old games that used to work fine on XP don't work anymore on Windows 8 (Stronghold, Thief, Warlords battlecry 2...) or only after long hours of tinkering.
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- rustynails 13y agoUSB ports not working. It's a common fault. I had to install win8 from scratch. I lost a lot of things.. A lot of software wouldn't install under win8, but it had worked when i first upgraded.